Thursday, February 03, 2011

Good Golly

Several weeks ago, before I became a virtuous knitter who made do with her (quite abundant) stash, I was a slovenly, undisciplined knitter who bought many random skeins of Madeline Tosh yarn with no particular project in mind at all. And boy am I glad that I did! Because now that I've made a deal not to buy yarn without much discernment and a solemn sense of gravitas , I am so glad that this is the yarn that I chose to buy. MadTosh has colors to beat the band! Just ask Babs, she patiently stood by while I spent what must have felt like an eternity dithering as I made my choices [wait...do you like Terrarium or Ginger better? What about Faubourg?]. Of course in the end I bought all of the colors I wanted. I'm sure she's wishing she could get that half hour back....but luckily she is a lifer like me, so she played along. *Take it away, Dionne*The SpecsPattern: Molly by Erin RuthYarn: Madeline Tosh DK in 'Glazed Pecan', .75 of a skeinNeedles: size 3 and size 6Mods: Because the cable and stitch pattern rows don't match up, you are keeping track of two things at once, and I have decided that I no longer willing to do that. Nope. Life's too short, knitters! So I made the cable row match up with the pattern row. And no one died.I am extremely happy with this pattern. I was a bit dubious at first because a busy stitch pattern combined with cables has the potential to be quite loud and even maybe a little vomit inducing, does it not? I mean, the potential for this to go way off the rails is indeed quite high. We're talking Shetland Triangle-in-Koigu off the rails. Luckily that didn't happen here and everything comes together in a way that I find quite pleasing.This yarn is truly everything it's made out to be. Not only gorgeous but ultra-sproingy! It's the perfect yarn for a slouchy hat. My pal Carolyn joked that I am a hat machine. What can I say? It's my perfect project. It's small. It will probably fit. You can put it in your purse. And if you muff it up, who cares? It's just a hat!

The MadTosh colors you have selected so far make my world go round.. in fact, I am going to attempt to buy some lovely skeins online as soon as my next pay cheque rolls around. That's right, you got me hooked..

What a gorgeous hat... the colors are so beautiful. Add in all that great texture from the cables and stitch pattern -- perfection!

I'm enjoying knitting from the stash still, but I have been longing for some Madelinetosh for months. I keep adding it to my WEBS cart and then sadly exiting the website. There are so many other lovely yarns already in my (numerous) bins of yarn.

I became an MTosh convert when I knit the February Lady sweater in her winy-purple Duchess colorway. Just dreamy! p.s. You are so lucky to have such beautiful models for your equally beautiful work. :)